Phones. : (91) 011-49225045 Fax: (91) 011-49225017 E-mail: trustbe!@ gmail.com Website : www.barcouncilofindia.org aR aifee site fsa exe BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA TRUST 21, Wea tery, gig yftar ag feet - 110 002 21, Rouse Avenue, institutional Area New Dethi- 110 002 BCIT:D: /2020 (Circular No. 4/2020 (AIIUMCC-2020) Dated:24.01.2020 1 2 Sirs, The Registrars/Deans/Head of the Department/Librarian (law) Faculty of Law all the Universities imparting Legal Education in India The Principal/Librarian (Law), Ofall the Law Colleges Imparting Legal Education in India th sub:- 37°all -India Inter-University Moot Court Competition - 2020 for Law students at "School of Law, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology KIIT (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar-751024, Odisha to be organized by the Bar Council of India Trust from 10" April to 12" April, 2020. th the 37"all-india Inter-University Moot Court Competition ~ 2020 for Law students sponsored by the Bar Council of India will be held at at School of Law, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology KIIT (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar-751024, Odisha from 10" April to 12" April, 2020 to be organized by the Bar Council of India Trust. Please note that only the Universities are eligible to sponsor teams consisting of three students (two speakers and one researcher). Law Colleges outside the Universities must get in touch through Deans/Registrars of the concerned Univers! With the universities to which they are affiliated to and get their nominations sent ry. The nominations received from the law colleges directly (instead of through the University) will not be entertained. On'y taw students studying the LLB course are eligible to contest.The sponsoring Universities are expected to provide the travel costs of its representatives. However, if for any reason, they are unable to meet the travel costs, the Bar Council of India will provide second-class rail fare to the participating students. Further, the entire boarding and lodging expenses of the students will be met by the Host University/ College/Institute. The rules and regulations in respect of the competition are as in the past. The Bar Council of India will award National Merit Certificates and other Prizes such as Winner University Trophies, Runner up University Trophies, Best Memorial of each round, Best Speaker of each round, Gold Medal for Best Male and Female Advocate of final round along with trophies & certificates, etc. Scholarships of Rs.24,000/- for one year will be provided to the BEST SPEAKER each round of the competition. Outstanding briefs presented during the contest may be considered for publication in the Indian Bar Review i.e. in the Journal of the Bar Council of India. We are writing this to formally invite your University for this year’s competition. Those universities who have more than one Law College may organise a selection contest in order to select the representative team of two law students. It is requested that this communication may be given wide publicity and the names of the students with their mailing addresses and contact number who are representing your University for the competition be communicated to the below mentioned professors of the Host Institute via e-mail at beimoot2019@kls.ac.in by 25" February, 2020 and a hard copy of the same to be delivered at School of Law, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar-751024 to the undersigned on or before 5" March, 2020. We request you to give early consideration to this send your entries well before the last date mentioned earlier so that we may send the Moot Problems and other details to the concerned students for their study and preparation well in time. important academic programme and We are sure that all Deans/Principals/Heads of Department of Law will take interest and nominate the teams in right time and encourage the students in their academic pursuit. For further queries you may contact to the following:- Dr. STHITA PRAINA MOHANTY Assistant Professor, Faculty Convenor, KIIT Law School, Moot Court Society Mobile :- 9937348852 & 797878020 Email :- sthitamohanty@kls.ac.in2. CS PRATITI NAYAK Assistant Professor, Faculty Joint Convenor, KIIT Law School Moot Court Society Mobile :- 7381001915; 9438184692 Email: pratitinayak@kls.ac.in 3. MR. SUDIPTA DE SARKAR Associate Dean, Training & Placement KIIT Law School Moot Court Society = 8658036165 = sdesarkar@kls.ac.in We are enclosing a REGISTRATION FORM for the competition; you are requested to send your entries by way of filling of the registration from enclosed with this circular as Annexure A. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, eee [C. S. KANDPAL] SECRETARY INCHARGE Bar Council of India Trust Encl: Registration Form for the competition Copy to :- 1. __Allthe Hon’ble Members of the Bar Council of India for kind information. 2. Secretaries of All the State Bar Councils, Je ESRules for the conduct of the competition are as under:- 1. Participants should reach the venue one day prior to the competitions, ie., by the evening before the date for the first round of the competition. 2. There will be four rounds of competition with separate moot problem for each round, All teams registered with the Bar Council of India (Trust) will participate in the first round. The ‘teams will be arranged on the basis of lots drawn and grouped in pairs of two for determining who will contest against whom and for which side each team will argue. The Winner and Runner-up teams of the last 4 years shall be put in different groups for different rounds. The Moot court competition will be held on ‘Knock-Out’ basis 3. Depending upon the number of teams participating in the first round, there will be simultaneously as many Courts arguing the same problem. 4, Each Court will assign marks to each individual participant and the team in the manner shown below: Total Marks 100 For written submissions =-20 Marks For substance in arguments +40 Marks For skills of advocacy --20 Marks For general impression, court manners and behaviour -+-20 Marks Total }00 Marks Before each round, all the judges shall as far as possible meet and decide upon the level of marks on the basis of performance being excellent, good, fair, average ete,, in order to ensure uniformity in the matter of awarding marks forall the participants. Soon after each round of competition the total marks of each participant and each University team shall be calculated. The results shall be declared on the ‘knock-out’ basis but in any case, the names of the Runners-Up team will not be forwarded to the next round. Such declaration should be made as far as possible within 30 minutes. The marks secured by each team in a given round of the competition shall be consolidated and arranged according to the relative merits based on the total scores. 5. The required number of teams for next round of competition shall be picked up from the top in the order of merit. All winners of first round shall participate in the 2nd round. Such number be increased by one in the event of being an odd number. The number of teams forthe 3rd round which will be the semi-final, shall be 4 only, which shall be rated on marks but any Runner-Up of 2nd round shall not be allowed to go in the 3rd round. ‘The winning teams of each round will again be listed on the basis of lots drawn and will be grouped into pairs. In other words, the side for which a team will be arguing will be known to the teams only at the time of declaration of results and the lots of first round shall be drawn by the University concemed in the manner prescribed by the Bar Council of India (Trust). In the 2nd round also, attempts shall be made that the winners and the Runners-Up teams of the last 4 competitions shall be put in different groups if they succeed in the Ist round. ‘The semi-final round will also be on ‘Knock out’ basis. In the semi-final, the teams will be put in alphabetical order and Team A will argue against Team C and Team B against Team D. The winner of semi-final shall contest in the final and there shall be two teams for final. ‘The first serial of semi-finalist and finalist will argue for the Petitioner and the second ser shall argue for the Respondent. Upon the receipt of the entries, the Organising Committee will divide the teams into suitable number of sub-groups and each sub-group will have equal number of teams in it. The seeding of the teams shall be made by the Bar Council of India (Trust) on the basis of the performance of the previous years to eliminate the chance of the well recognised teams clashing with each other in the Ist/2nd rounds. If any team has won twice or thrice, the selection of 8 teams shall be made from the semi-finalists of the last 4 years who will automatically qualify for being in 8 groups as the group leader and the rest of the teams shall be divided in equal number in 8 groups and the schedule should be arranged in such a way that the seeded teams do not clash with each other in Ist/2nd rounds. The ultimate discretion to place the teams in different groups and to decide the seeding will lie with the Bar Council of India (Trust) and such decision of the Bar Council of India (Trust) shall be final. . The written submissions for the first problem has to be sent by each participant directly 7 days in advance to the host university/ college which would arrange the Moot Court competition with copies to the Bar Council of India (Trust). For the rest of the three problems written submissions are to be submitted before the commencement of the competition. The written submissions shall be evaluated under the supervision of the University and the Bar Council of India (Trust) before the commencement of the competition. Written submissions be submitted for both the sides, For each round of the competition, written submissions are required, for which 20 marks are assigned. ‘The written submissions will contain a precise, well-researched set of arguments on facts and law which the competitor feels are persuasive for the decision in the case (problem). It tests the student’s skill on legal research and writing, It has to be written in English neatly typed or handwritten on one side of the paper bearing sufficient margin. Ordinarily the length shall not exceed five pages. It shall carry the name of the participant and University and shall be signed by him/her. They are not retumable to the candidate, The Head of the10. uM. 12: 13. M4. 15. 16. 7. 18. 19. 20. Law Department of the host University shall arrange its evaluation by a nominated team of experts well before the commencement of the court and the marks awarded will be later entered into the evaluation sheet distributed to the judges. . The Bar Council of India (Trust) shall constitute an Appellate Tribunal consisting of Chairman, Bar Council of India, Managing Trustee, the Associate Managing Trustee, and all other Members/Trustees of the Bar Council of India (Trust), local BCI member, the Director or Principal of the host university/college, Head of the Law Department of the said university/college and one more representative from the host university/college, The decision of the aforesaid Tribunal shall be final. The Ist and 2nd rounds will be for 90 minutes. The semi-final and final will be of 2 hours’ duration. Each participant will get about 30 minutes of which sometime will be used for questions from the Bench, . The two participants representing a University will argue for the same side dividing the arguments between themselves, Each Court will have at least two Judges who will be drawn from the Bench and the Bar and from amongst retired Judicial personnel and noted academicians. In the semi-final and final rounds, there shall be three Judges in each Court out of which one shall be from Bar Couneil of India/Trust. Student participants are advised to wear black coat and bands though it is not compulsory. Necessary books and reports required by the teams will be provided by the host University/College subject to availability. Participants who have been adjudged as Best Student Advocate in the earlier competitions held by the Bar Council of India (Trust) are not eligible for prizes again. All participants should bring their identity certificates with their signatures duly attested by the Principal/Dean for verification, if necessary. The Bar Council of India (Trust) reserves the right to modify the rules if found necessary and they shall be binding on all teams. Arguments shall be in English. The moot problems and rules are supplied in English only. Separate accommodation for boys and girls is arranged by the host University. Free boarding and lodging during the competition will be provided for all participants. Both way (to and fro) second class train fare will be provided to each participant by the Bar Council of India (Trust) if not paid by the sponsoring University. The photograph of the students of the Winner and Runner-up teams of final round along with their Bio-data will be published in the Indian Bar Review, which shall be supplied by respective universities/colleges within a month from the declaration of the result.